<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[This goin' ware glory waits ye haint one agreeable feetur. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17553]]></link><description><![CDATA[This goin' ware glory waits ye haint one agreeable feetur.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Thirsty PigeonA pigeon, oppressed by excessive thirst, saw a goblet of water painted on a signboard. Not supposing it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1539]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Thirsty PigeonA pigeon, oppressed by excessive thirst, saw a goblet of water painted on a signboard. Not supposing it to be only a picture, she flew towards it with a loud whir and unwittingly dashed against the signboard, jarring herself terribly. Having broken her wings by the blow, she fell to the ground, and was caught by one of the bystanders. Zeal should not outrun discretion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Verily, great grace may go with a little gift; and precious are all things that come from friends. -Theocritus. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16930]]></link><description><![CDATA[Verily, great grace may go with a little gift; and precious are all things that come from friends. -Theocritus.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's always room for improvement, you know-it's the biggest room in the house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20678]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's always room for improvement, you know-it's the biggest room in the house.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ingratitude! thou marble-hearted fiend, More hideous when thou show'st thee in a child  Than the sea-monster. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20900]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ingratitude! thou marble-hearted fiend, More hideous when thou show'st thee in a child  Than the sea-monster.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy means not 'I am as good as you are,' but 'You are as good as I am.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11880]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy means not 'I am as good as you are,' but 'You are as good as I am.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent. [Lat., Praefulgebant Cassius atque ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent. [Lat., Praefulgebant Cassius atque Brutus eo ipso, quod effigies eorum non videbantur.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's great to just disappear, grab a suitcase, switch the answering machine on and just go somewhere else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33685]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's great to just disappear, grab a suitcase, switch the answering machine on and just go somewhere else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great majority of people in England and America are modest, decent and pure-minded and the amount of virgins in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60727]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great majority of people in England and America are modest, decent and pure-minded and the amount of virgins in the world today is stupendous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46824]]></link><description><![CDATA[All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose. Take which you please; you can never have both. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59861]]></link><description><![CDATA[God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose. Take which you please; you can never have both.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fall season is going to be interesting to examine how strong the shift will be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42570]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fall season is going to be interesting to examine how strong the shift will be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[as we have said all along, the company is not spinning off AOL, but is focused on returning AOL to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34166]]></link><description><![CDATA[as we have said all along, the company is not spinning off AOL, but is focused on returning AOL to a growth track.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good people all, with one accord, Lament for Madame Blaize,  Who never wanted a good word--   From ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good people all, with one accord, Lament for Madame Blaize,  Who never wanted a good word--   From those who spoke her praise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This doesn't mean that it will remain so strong in the next couple of quarters, but the Federal Reserve cannot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34763]]></link><description><![CDATA[This doesn't mean that it will remain so strong in the next couple of quarters, but the Federal Reserve cannot sit down and look and wait, because whatever they do today, it takes effect in six to 12 months.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A journey is best measured in friends rather than miles ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23372]]></link><description><![CDATA[A journey is best measured in friends rather than miles]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study nature, not books. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Study nature, not books.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52517]]></link><description><![CDATA[Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The swan is not without cause dedicated to Apollo, because foreseeing his happiness in death, he dies with singing and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58446]]></link><description><![CDATA[The swan is not without cause dedicated to Apollo, because foreseeing his happiness in death, he dies with singing and pleasure. [Lat., Cignoni non sine causa Apoloni dicata sint, quod ab eo divinationem habere videantur, qua providentes quid in morte boni sit, cum cantu et voluptate moriantur.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is not divine sport, it is divine destiny. There is a divine meaning of the world, of man, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8440]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is not divine sport, it is divine destiny. There is a divine meaning of the world, of man, of human persons, of you and me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For after all, the best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/290]]></link><description><![CDATA[For after all, the best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And more than echoes talk along the walls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13298]]></link><description><![CDATA[And more than echoes talk along the walls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60612]]></link><description><![CDATA[I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such is the aspect of this shore; 'Tis Greece, but living Greece no more!  So coldly sweet, so deadly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18284]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such is the aspect of this shore; 'Tis Greece, but living Greece no more!  So coldly sweet, so deadly fair,   We start, for soul is wanting there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gently on tiptoe Sunday creeps, Cheerfully from the stars he peeps,  Mortals are all asleep below,   None ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gently on tiptoe Sunday creeps, Cheerfully from the stars he peeps,  Mortals are all asleep below,   None in the village hears him go;    E'en chanticleer keeps very still,     For Sunday whispered, 'twas his will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing succeeds like -- failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28055]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing succeeds like -- failure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A brother is a friend provided by nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15168]]></link><description><![CDATA[A brother is a friend provided by nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes I wish life had a fast-forward button. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24874]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes I wish life had a fast-forward button.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45174]]></link><description><![CDATA[The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a woman is sufficiently ambitious, determined and gifted - there is practically nothing she can't do ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4040]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a woman is sufficiently ambitious, determined and gifted - there is practically nothing she can't do]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20383]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one knows how difficult anything is until he has tried to do it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62830]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one knows how difficult anything is until he has tried to do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Lanfranc, Prior of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1089  Prayer and love are learned in the hour ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7721]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Lanfranc, Prior of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1089  Prayer and love are learned in the hour when prayer becomes impossible and your heart has turned to stone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be ignorance thy choice, where knowledge leads to woe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be ignorance thy choice, where knowledge leads to woe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64465]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seeks painted trifles and fantastic toys, and eagerly pursues imaginary joys. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41718]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seeks painted trifles and fantastic toys, and eagerly pursues imaginary joys.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you a formula forfailure-which is: Try to please ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21967]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you a formula forfailure-which is: Try to please everybody.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I probably use it seven days a week. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37161]]></link><description><![CDATA[I probably use it seven days a week.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When our old Pleasures die, Some new One still is nigh;  Oh! fair Variety! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60433]]></link><description><![CDATA[When our old Pleasures die, Some new One still is nigh;  Oh! fair Variety!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell is full of good wishes or desires. [Fr., L'enfer est plein de bonnes volontes ou desirs.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19121]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell is full of good wishes or desires. [Fr., L'enfer est plein de bonnes volontes ou desirs.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[yet the ratings kept going down. We finally figured it out; people don't dislike John, they're just tired of bad ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34212]]></link><description><![CDATA[yet the ratings kept going down. We finally figured it out; people don't dislike John, they're just tired of bad news. When they flip on the TV, they want to get AWAY from their problems, not hear about people getting thrown overboard tied to their boat anchor or working out so they can strangle innocent kids faster and better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever rewards evil for good, evil will not depart from their house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever rewards evil for good, evil will not depart from their house.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I passed by the row of meats at the Safewayand was afraid to buyWall St Journal reporter on the Diane ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5387]]></link><description><![CDATA[I passed by the row of meats at the Safewayand was afraid to buyWall St Journal reporter on the Diane Rehm Show.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65323]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate the man who builds his name on the ruins of another's fame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56565]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate the man who builds his name on the ruins of another's fame.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the mind is in a state of uncertainty the smallest impulse directs it to either side. [Lat., Dum in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60022]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the mind is in a state of uncertainty the smallest impulse directs it to either side. [Lat., Dum in dubio est animus, paulo momento huc illuc impellitur.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[States have their conversions and periods as well as naturall bodies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49766]]></link><description><![CDATA[States have their conversions and periods as well as naturall bodies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,  But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51769]]></link><description><![CDATA[Loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,  But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18507]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18507</guid></item></channel></rss>